Shortly:

1. Oscars. Casey Affleck should have won dammit! Replace Casey Affleck with Persepolis or Atonement and repeat until out of breath.

2. Finnair. Stop screwing things up! We have a flight to catch on Friday and you better not cancel it.

3. Weather. Just. Don't.

Luckily, there is Audrey Hepburn. And, when everything else fails: Radiohead.

Boo for Marie Antoinette not getting more Oscar nominations. I've seen it twice and just received the soundtrack in the mail. Listening to it makes me want to watch the movie again. I really need to get it on dvd.

Why Marie Antoinette is teh best:
1) Kirsten Dunst. I've loved her in every role I've seen her in -most importantly, of course, in ( Read more... )

The Complete Review has published a review of Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers, rather suitably just after Finland's Independence Day (December 6th).

In other literary news, Kjell Westö has (finally) won the Finlandia Prize.

(Ja täysin ei-mihinkään-liittyen: lakko huomenna 8.12, WTF? Mua epäilyttää se etten ole vieläkään saanut selville, ketkä tämä

From chucklemonkey
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This has been the coldest day of this autumn so far, and I'm totally taking back whatever I said about hoping it would get colder. After an unbelievably warm (and long) summer, +6 degrees is hell. Or rather the opposite of that since hell is supposed to be...hot ( Read more... )

That Geisha review? Ain't happening now, sorry. Expect random book-related squee instead.

I'm contemplating the possibility of going to bed early, and then getting up at around 4 or 5 am to watch (part of) the Oscars.
I haven't seen most of the movies, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Brokeback Mountain (and Match Point, in the Screenplay ( Read more... )

Just a few things. We'll be leaving in a couple of hours.

Bookcrossing article in the Guardian. Mostly OK, I think -and nevermind the top list, it's not all just Dan Brown and Alice Sebold.

World Fantasy Award shortlist has been announced. If Jonathan Strange doesn't win, I'll eat my hat ( Read more... )

Miéville won.

I tried Perdido Street Station, didn't like it. But at least he's a Peake fan.

Actually I was planning to write about Veniss Underground (which rocks, but not before dinner), but then found out that the Arthur C. Clarke Award short list has been announced:

River of Gods, by Ian McDonald
Iron Council, by China Miéville
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
Market Forces, by Richard Morgan
The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey ( Read more... )

Things happen. A three minute silent moment in memory of the victims of the tsunami. Susan Sontag dies aged 71.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell doesn't win the Whitbread first novel award. Helsingin sanomat reviews many science fiction novels. The "best of 2004" lists take over the internet. Six Apart buys Livejournal ( Read more... )